Chris Leigh is Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer at Eversource Energy, where he leads enterprise-wide cybersecurity for one of the largest regulated energy utilities in the Northeast. With more than 20 years of global experience, he oversees threat and risk management, incident response, architecture, and compliance across IT and operational environments. Chris previously held senior security leadership roles at Consolidated Edison and United Technologies, is a U.S. Navy Reserve veteran, a two-time Cyber Defense Awards Top 100 CISO honoree, and holds advanced degrees in business economics and information assurance.
Read about Chris’s perspective on how Eversource is putting security in the driver’s seat for AI, speeding delivery from months to weeks while keeping risk in check. He also shares how practical use cases, such as drone-based inspections and automated threat-intel triage, can improve grid resilience without loosening controls.
